Spain and Hungary They are two of the great powers of world water polo. In this condition they are measured in the Great Final of the Universal Singapore Championship this Thursday (15:35, Teledeporte)in which it will be the main duel among the many who have faced them in recent times.
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In reference to the official competition, since Spain took a friendly in Budapest 17-21 Before this World Cup, the most recent duel is that of that first phase in which the National Team won by 10-9 just eight days ago in a meeting that seemed to have lost (5-8 after the third quarter), but that traced with a partial 5-1 final. It suffered a lot in attack until the last quarter, a situation that Spain will try to avoid.
The National Team has won the two official matches between both teams this year. Beyond the playing a few days ago, the first arrived in January, in the final of the Division 1 of the World Cup. Spain won 15-9 In a total exhibition match in attack, with a huge Álvaro Granados with eight goals. Unai Aguirre was not far behind, with fourteen stops.
Both teams had measured in the first phase of that tournament. So, Hungary won by a tight 11-12 after a 1-4 partial at the beginning and another equal in the third quarter. Then, Spain cost a lot to adapt to the management of the new superiorities and Krisztian Manhecz was erected as owner of the party.
You have to go back to 2024 to find the anterior face. It was in the Paris games, with a Spanish victory 10-7 On the second day of the group stage. Spain signed a coral match in which it knew how to handle small differences to take a key triumph in the fight for the first group of group.
To close a series of last five duels in official code, you have to go back to the Fukuoka World of 2023. Both teams were then found in semifinalswith Hungarian triumph for 12-11 After a goal, once again, from Manhecz in the last second. It was in one of the most painful Spanish defeats in recent times.
Third Grand Final between both teams
Spacewith three golds and four silvers, he plays his eighth final of a World Cup. Hungarywith four golds and seven silvers, the twelfth. Both teams were measured in one, In Perth 1998, with Spanish triumph 6-4.
Of course, more recent is the final of the Budapest European 2020. Hungary took the 14-13 victory After 9-9 in regulatory time and a tight penalty batch. There were already many of the current pillars of both teams, with Daniel Angyal, Krisztian Manhecz, Marton Vamos, Alberto Munáriz, Álvaro Granados, Bernat Sanahuja, Miguel de Toro, Marc Larumbe, Roger Tahull, Edu Lorrio, Álex Bustos or Felipe Perrone.
In short, Spain-Hungary leave a face to face of tight duelswith a global 1-1 in great finals and with a partial of 3-2 Spanish in the last five games, representative of the great equality that exists between both teams. Any detail will be decisive to make differences in the fight for the world title.
